Anonymous (20th century) Reading woman, pastel painting. Woman leaning on her left hand over a book, lost in thought. Signed illegibly in pencil upper right. Glass damaged lower right Picture 65 x 50 cm, frame 74 x 59 cm. Please note: This object is located in our Swiss branch (Hauptstrasse 100, CH-8280 Kreuzlingen). It can either be picked up directly by you in Switzerland (only with prior arrangement) or must be officially exported via customs (costs respectively customs handling fee and export tax) approximately 50 EUR per object). This export takes some time, as it must be declared to customs. Please note this. Thank you very much

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